Technology Foundation Skills

What skills can kids aged 10-14 develop through technology apps/tools? The 4Cs provide an excellent guideline to develop the curriculum

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Creativity &
• Critical Thinking

The following are sample tools that students can be exposed to in InfoTech 9, and which can be cross-platformed in other classes.:

• Google Docs, Sites (Communication, Collaboration)
• Blogging & Podcasting (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity)
• Wikis (Communication, Collaboration)
• Publishing - Publisher (Communication, Creativity)
• Photo/Video uploading & sharing ((Visual) Communication, Collaboration)
• Audio Editing- Audacity (Communication, Creativity)
• Image Editing - Photoshop, Fireworks (Communication, Creativity)
• Movie making/Digital Story Telling - Movie Maker, PhotoStory, iMovie (Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking)
• Concept-Mapping - CMap, FreeMind, Inspiration, many others (Critical Thinking)
• Presentation tools - Powerpoint, Google Presentations, Slide Share (Communication, Collaboration)
• Programming - LOGO, Star LOGO, Scratch, Squeak, Drape, Alice, Visual Basic/C++, C, (Critical Thinking, Creativity)
• Web Design, including HTML (Collaboration, Creativity)
• 3-D Modeling - Google SketchUp (along with Google Earth) (Creativity, Critical Thinking)
• Game Creation - Game Maker, Scratch, Squeak (Creativity, Critical Thinking)
• Animation - Flash (Creativity)
• Spreadsheets - Google Spreadsheets, Open Office or Excel (Critical Thinking)
• Databases & Information Organization - Access, SQL Server (Critical Thinking)